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i don't see, you know, russia invading western europe. there's a war with china, i don't see it being a ground war, at least not with us involved. president obama and secretary panetta ask the joint chiefs of -- and the joint chiefs of staff in their strategy review of a year ago which is the most attention to that was the pivot from europe to the pacific, one thing in that review that wasn't so well noted was the idea that it's kind of an end ofation building. he said the army and the marines shall not size its forces for large-scale, prolonged stability operations which translated to english is like no more iraqs and afghanistans. not just no more iraqs or afghanistans, but when you do your scenarios, when you crank your calculations to figure out how many troops you need, this is not even the kind of scenario that should enter into the calculation. and as you say, the small stuff is mainly special forces. some people, including john gnawing l, as you well know, have proposed setting up a special advise and assist, you know, soldiers wh
i don't see, you know, russia invading western europe. there's a war with china, i don't see it being a ground war, at least not with us involved. president obama and secretary panetta ask the joint chiefs of -- and the joint chiefs of staff in their strategy review of a year ago which is the most attention to that was the pivot from europe to the pacific, one thing in that review that wasn't so well noted was the idea that it's kind of an end ofation building. he said the army and the marines...
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now that he has decided that he is the once and future president of russia i think the chance that russia is going to break out of that and build on the other strengths it might have including a very smart population those have receded and i think unfortunately russia will not find a greater strength in the international economy it's pretty much dependent on the price of oil. >> looking back to the arab spring what do you think the lessons are? >> of the lesson is the authoritarianism is and stable. it's simply not stable. if men, women and children do not have a way to change their circumstances and change the government peacefully, they will do it violently. when we bring in romania, we learned of something that i've now called the moment he was the dictator of romania and in 1989 with revolutions going on in poland and hungary and czechoslovakia she went into the square and he was exhorting the romanian people for what he had done for them at all of a sudden, one all lady yell the lawyer and then ten people and 100 people, then a thousand people, then 100,000 people are yelling lair an
now that he has decided that he is the once and future president of russia i think the chance that russia is going to break out of that and build on the other strengths it might have including a very smart population those have receded and i think unfortunately russia will not find a greater strength in the international economy it's pretty much dependent on the price of oil. >> looking back to the arab spring what do you think the lessons are? >> of the lesson is the...
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it used to be russia or the bomb or another country or china. the greatest threat to american security will simply be an individual or a small group who is determined to die for their cause. you don't have to evoke 9/11 to see what the damage will be or if you look at assassins they could be divided into categories. hunters and howlers. howlers make a lot of noise and they call it on threats and they intend to kill us but the good news is they rarely take action. the hunters are different. hunters clock, plan and execute but here's what fascinating. hunters have almost no interest in howling and howlers have almost no interest in hunting and if you look at the for assassins all four of them are hunters. that means the secret service who i have so much respect for further training facility in maryland it means the person they are looking for is the person who they will never see coming. that is a scary thought. along with assassins the funniest part of it is the guy who took me into this museum the guy who has all the body parts he was in the fro
it used to be russia or the bomb or another country or china. the greatest threat to american security will simply be an individual or a small group who is determined to die for their cause. you don't have to evoke 9/11 to see what the damage will be or if you look at assassins they could be divided into categories. hunters and howlers. howlers make a lot of noise and they call it on threats and they intend to kill us but the good news is they rarely take action. the hunters are different....
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what happens when russia starts using them in the soviet republics or china. >> too many things they do without thinking to the national missile defense. we could develop national missile defense. it doesn't seem to be slowing anyone down but they still pull the money into it every year because we can do it instead of having the missile defense and get serious about cutting back strategic offensive arms. they haven't been address to. there's a lot of if we have the control that clinton abolished because jesse helms made them nervous and they can address those things. the arms control lobby in the country was quite effective we don't see much of their activity anymore. >> they've been very successful after world war ii the difficulty in iraq and afghanistan. >> the party in afghanistan is the trying to do with the soviets try to do where they take a page out of the playbook which is you come in and try to bill the government. when did they ever have a centralized government? it is run in a decentralized way and what i see happening already in the fact that we've taken off 33,000 on th
what happens when russia starts using them in the soviet republics or china. >> too many things they do without thinking to the national missile defense. we could develop national missile defense. it doesn't seem to be slowing anyone down but they still pull the money into it every year because we can do it instead of having the missile defense and get serious about cutting back strategic offensive arms. they haven't been address to. there's a lot of if we have the control that clinton...
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used to be russia or the bomb or china or whatever, and they figured out, ten and 20 years from now, the greatest threat to american security will be an individual or small group that is determined to die for their cause, and you don't have to invoke 9/11 to see what the damage can be. when you look at assassins they kinded into hunters and howlers, and howlers make a lot of noise and call in bomb threats and say they're going to kill us, but they rarely take action. the hunters are very different. hunters plot and plan and execute. but here's what is fascinating. hunters have almost no interest in howling, howlers have almost no interest in hunting, if you look at the four assassins, all for of them are hunters and that mean the seek vet service would who i have so much respect for, took me to their train facility in maryland. means the person they're looking for is the person who they'll never see coming. right? that's a scary thought. and along with assassins -- the funniest part of -- always the funniest part of the assist sin is the guy who took me into his museum, who has all t
used to be russia or the bomb or china or whatever, and they figured out, ten and 20 years from now, the greatest threat to american security will be an individual or small group that is determined to die for their cause, and you don't have to invoke 9/11 to see what the damage can be. when you look at assassins they kinded into hunters and howlers, and howlers make a lot of noise and call in bomb threats and say they're going to kill us, but they rarely take action. the hunters are very...
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what happens when russia starts using them against former soviet republics or china? you know, what kind of world do we want to create? too many things that we do we do because we can without thinking, you know, it's a national missile defense. we can develop national missile defense. the fact that it does not work does not seem to concern anyone, but we still portend billion dollars into it every year because we can instead of not having missile defense and get serious about cutting back strategic offensive arms. we still have 2500 deployed, 2500 reserve and a couple thousand others. tactical nukes still have not been addressed. there is a lot to do. maybe if we had an arms control and disarmament agency that runs and abolished because jesse helms made in nervous, maybe we can address those things. what happens -- there used to be an arms control lobby in this country that was quite effective. i don't see much of their activity anymore. >> the other question was, we have been very successful rebuilding the country. world war two, japan, germany. how come it's difficu
what happens when russia starts using them against former soviet republics or china? you know, what kind of world do we want to create? too many things that we do we do because we can without thinking, you know, it's a national missile defense. we can develop national missile defense. the fact that it does not work does not seem to concern anyone, but we still portend billion dollars into it every year because we can instead of not having missile defense and get serious about cutting back...
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it used to be, like, russia, the bomb, whatever you want to name it, and what they figured out 10 and 20 years from now the greatest threat will simply be an individual or a small group who's determined to die for their cause, right? and you don't have to invoke 9/11 to see what the damage can be. but when you look at assassins, they can be divided into two categories; hunters and howlers. and howlers make a lot of noise, and they call in bomb threats and say they're going to kill us, but the good news is they rarely take action. hunters are very different. hunters plot, plan and execute. but here's what's fascinating is ha hunter -- that hunters have almost no interest in howling, and howlers have almost no interest in hunting. and if you look at the four assassins, all four of them are hunters. and that means the secret service, who i have so much respect for, they took me to their training facility out in maryland, it means that the person that they are looking for is the person who they'll never see coming, right? that's a scary thought. um, and along with asags sins -- assassins,
it used to be, like, russia, the bomb, whatever you want to name it, and what they figured out 10 and 20 years from now the greatest threat will simply be an individual or a small group who's determined to die for their cause, right? and you don't have to invoke 9/11 to see what the damage can be. but when you look at assassins, they can be divided into two categories; hunters and howlers. and howlers make a lot of noise, and they call in bomb threats and say they're going to kill us, but the...
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what lessons each of these teachers to my c-span2 to transform that they can take of russia's good american citizens. >> will, that's a very good question whether less disharmony different kinds of leaders didn't. nasa said the only openly confessed in latin won three of my 18 chapters are about ramoses' in latin. he in turn is a model who and dr. king and his latin panama standing in. i want to bother you not put a willing to go to the courthouse and then the. of different kinds of and latin will on its face him people today need to in heaven with people their agent relief is in serious in 1967. the race issue so great and what a the most adults supported had opposed an one hadn't been here talk and, most of them. these kids really years. the effective begin have consent for written with. never know whom maria testing the of the first chapter and been for the us but, often trying to figure. and begin with his first speech will all learn and some of these nurses minions committee because it and expect it to do anything hidden barry and the rest of the and you can hear his penchant it, don't
what lessons each of these teachers to my c-span2 to transform that they can take of russia's good american citizens. >> will, that's a very good question whether less disharmony different kinds of leaders didn't. nasa said the only openly confessed in latin won three of my 18 chapters are about ramoses' in latin. he in turn is a model who and dr. king and his latin panama standing in. i want to bother you not put a willing to go to the courthouse and then the. of different kinds of and...